Clothesline-fastener



E. P. WEICHEL.

CLOTHESLINE' FASTENER.

APPucATmN HLED 1m12.191s). RENEwED 1.111. 12.1921.

1,369,149. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

UNITED -STATES EDWARD r. WEIcI-IEL, or Barrinantan,` PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHESLINE-FASTNER.

To all w /Lom t 'may concer/1t Be it known that I, EDWARD P.lVni'oi-IEL, citizen of the United States, residing at Bethlehem, in thecounty of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Clothesline-Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to a clothes-line fastener, and the aim of theinvention is to provide a fastener, for anchoring a clothesline or ropeto a post.

The invention further aims to afford means, whereby the anchoring of theclothesline to the post may be facilitated, and the line may be secured,but also facilitate the attaching of the clothes-line.

The invention further aims to provide a plate carried by the post andprovided with diagonal line engaging notches, which may be engaged bythe line, and means on one face of the plate, provided with beveled projections extending in opposite directions and oset from each other, withwhich the line may engage, a portion of the line between said meansoverlying the end portion of the line and clamping thereagainst, owingto the beveled surfaces of the projections, thereby securely anchoringthe line to the plate. y

The design and construction of the fastener at the present time isdeemed prefer-i able. However, in reducing the device to a practicalform for commercial purposes alterations may be found necessary in thedetails of construction. The right to these alterations is claimed,provided they are warranted within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved fastener constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Fig. 2is a view of the opposite face of the factener. z

Fig. 3 is a plan View.

Fig. t is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. n

Fig. 5 is a sectional view Vverticallyon line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring more especially to the drawings l designates a plate, one endof which is provided with a cylindrical part 2, having extensions 3,which are straddled by steeples Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Feb, 22, 1921' Application filed February 12, 1919, Serial No.276,483. f Renewed January 12, 1921-.' n Y rSerialk No. 436,826.

4, which piercea post 5, thereby pivotally` l anchoring the plate to thef post.

The plate is provided with diagonally opposite V -shaped notches 6 andl7. Upon lone face` of the plate projections 8 and4 9Hare formed. Theseprojections are spaced, 'onel being super-imposed. .These have laterallugs or4 extensions 10 and 11, the faces 12 of which adjacent the face:of the plate are inclined-,toward the projections projections and the'plate, so that thev space between the. ,e

plate, and in engagement with the notch 7.

The line is then wedged between the inclined face of the lug 1 1 and theplate, and then diagonally disposed in a position overlying the endportion of the line, and then wedged between the inclined face 12 of thelug 9 and face of the plate, whereby the line may be extended to anopposite fastener of another post, and connected thereto in a similarmanner.

across the end portion of the line,'which is in contact with one face ofthe plate, and since the end portion of the line has a' knot- It isobvious that by the Aline being disposed in a diagonal position tedenlargement, the end portion of the line` is held against slipping, inkfact securely clamped.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. A line fastener,`comprising a plate having at one end means, wherebythe plate may be fulcrumed to a stationary support, the other en d ofthe plate, having one edge portion enlarged, the edge of this latter endhaving a V-shaped notch, the enlarged edge portion of the plate havingits edge diagonally opposite'the notched. end edge, vbeing provided witha 'second notch, one face of Vthe plate having spacedy lateral lugs,jsaid` lufrs bein@r ositioned on a line in a )lane between the twonotches, whereby the line may pass about one lug andeXtend diagonallytoward and engaging about the other lug,

and then in engagement with the' Vlatter notch, then extended adjacentthe other face of the plate and in engagement with the lio former notch,the extremityv of the line belng clamped between the diagonal portionoiz the hne'and one face of the plate, said lugs havingv projectionsextending in oppo-v site directions, said projections having their facesinclining from the lugs at points where "'the lugs mer/ge integrallyWith the race olf the plate, thereby acting to clamp the line toward thetace of the plate, constantly urginglthe diagonal portionl orn the lineagainst the extremity of the line to clamp the same securely. f j

2. In combination, a plate the opposite edges thereof being` providedWith V-shaped intermediate diagonal portion of, the line diagonallyoverlying the end part of the line which engages one oi the notches, toclamp the line secure, the 'faces oi' the lugs adjacent the platebeing'inclined toward the plate,

thereln7 atfordinp' lJ-sha )ed s/)aces betweenv u QD l Y Y the lugs andthe plate into which the superimposed spaced loops of the lline -may loewedged, so as to dispose the intermediate diagonal part ot the linearch-shaped oier the end portion. of theline to render the line moresecurely clamped to the end of the plate. f

n testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

EDlVARD P. YVEICHEL.

1Witnesses:

Bici-mno FLEMMING, XV i LL'mi S CHA minnen.

